File handle or holder.



o. L. H'ECKMANN. FILE HANDLE 0R HOLDER. APPLICATION HLED DEC.29, 1916.

lUNfyliliL STAR@ ATWT OSCAR L. HECKMANN, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

FILE HANDLE OR HOLDER.

regresa.

Application filed December 29, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. HEGKMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Charles, in the county of St. Charles, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful File Handle or Holder; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved lle handle or holder, and an object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this kind, having improved means for holding and supporting a flat file.

A. further object of the invention is to provide an arched handle having means at one end to receive the tapered shank of the flat iile blade, while the other end of the handle engages the edge of the flat file to hold the same against twisting and wabbling.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a screw mounted in one end of the handle and provided with a clamp at one end of said screw having a notch to engage the file to further assist in preventing twisting of the le, said clamp being threaded on the screw so as to be adjusted in different positions, in order to engage different points of the blade of the file. Furthermore, the clamp may engage files of different shapes in cross section.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved file handle or holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. i is a cross sectional view on line 4-4; of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5- -5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view, showing the holder holding its file iiatwise.

Referring more especially to the drawlU'S.

ci designates a handle or holder, which, in

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1.91"?.

Serial No. 139,691. f

side elevation, is substantially rectangular and arched; therefore, it is provided with a rear downwardly extending arm 2 and a forwardly positioned downwardly extending Varm 3.

The lower extremity of the arm 2 is provided with a forwardly extending projcc tion l provided with a tl-shaped slot or recess 5 to receive the tapered shank G of the file blade 7.

The file blade 7 is disposed, as shown in the drawings, with one of its edges facing upwardly, so that said edge may be engaged by the lower face of the extremity of the arm 3, to reinforce or brace the lile.

The arm 2 is constructed with a `threaded opening 8, in which the screw 9 is threaded. The rear end of the screw 9 is formed with a handpiece 10, whereby the screw 9 may be turned in one direction or the other.

A clamp 11 is threaded on the screw, so as to be moved to different positions thereon and between the arms 2 and 3, so as to prevent wabbling or bending of the ile blade (the edge portion of which engages a slot or recess 12 in the clamp 11) between the arms 2 and 3.

If necessary, the clamp 11 may be adjusted to engage the rear face of the lower part of the forward arm 3, so that while the edge of the file blade is in engagement with the slot or recess 12 the iile blade is held against wabbling. The clamp 11 is adjusted before the file 7 is arranged in position, for example, should it be desired to adjust the clamp 11 so as to contact with the rear face of the lower part of the arm 3, said screw 9 may be first adjusted so that the threaded reduced part 13 (the threads of which are of the same pitch as the threads pf the body of the screw 9) may thread into the recess 14, after which the clamp 11 may be adjusted to engage the near face of the lower part of the forward arm 3, before arranging the file 7 in place. The clamp 11 may be adjusted in any other desired position before inserting the file, and by virtue of this clamp longitudinal movement of the le 7 is prevented, owing to the file being tapering as shown. By means of the threads of the body of the screw 9 and the threads of the reduced part 13 being of the same pitch, the screw may be adjusted, when in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The forward extremity of the screw has a reduced part 13 designed to thread into a recess la in the forward arm 3, so that the clamp may be moved to any position along the screw, whereby the slot or recess of the clamp may engage the le blade preventing the same from bending .between the arms 2 and 3.

However, a head member or cap 13LL is preferably screwed or threaded on the reduced extension part 13. It is to be noted that by the provision of this head or cap 13, the holder may be turned around vor disposed in the position shown in Fig. (3, whereby the file or the like may be held flatwise between the end portion of the arm 3 and the head member or cap7 whereby the file may be held firm, so that the same may be used flatwise on any article to be filed.

By this construction, it will be seen there has been produced a device or tool that will perform dual functions. For instance, the head or cap 13'"L is adapted to coperate with the rear face of the lower part of the forward arm 3, in order to steady the screw 9 in position, as shown in Fig. l. This cap is also adapted to clamp the file Hatwise between it'and the rear .face of the lower part of the forward arm 3, as shown clearly in F ig. G.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:-

l. In a file handle or holder, a frame rectangular and arched in side elevation and Copies of this patent may be obtained for having forward and rear downwardly eX- tending arms having means to engage and hold a file, a screw threaded in one arm, a cap threaded on the extremity of the screw .and adapted to clamp a file flatwise against the rear face of one of said arms and also adapted to engage the rear face of' one of said arms to steady the screw, and a member threaded on the screw to engage the edge of a file when held edgewise.

2. In a tool holder, a frame rectangular and arched and having forward and rear downwardly extending arms, the extremities of the arms terminating in integral means to engage and hold a file, a screw threaded in the rear arm in parallelism with the arch of said frame and having its forward extremity ,engaging the rear face of said forward arm for steadying the screw in posi tion, and a clamp threaded on said screw and designed to be adjusted in various positions and having means to engage the edge of the lile when adjusted in any one of the various positions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to -this specification in the presence of two subscribing` witnesses.

oscan L. HECKMANN.

lVitnesses AUGUST THORMEN, IVALTER IIECKMANN.

five cents each, by addressing' Vthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

